Angular and temperature dependence of current induced spin-orbit effective fields in Ta/CoFeB/MgO nanowires

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Qiu, Xuepeng ^a   Deorani, Praveen ^a   Narayanapillai, Kulothungasagaran ^a   Lee, Ki Seung ^b,c   Lee, Kyung Jin ^b,c   Lee, Hyun Woo ^d   Yang, Hyunsoo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84897051333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04491     Document Type: Article

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